

| Subject: | Re: oil dripping from dip stick tube |
| From: | Stan Wilder |
| Date: | Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:03:29 -0500 |
I think that we've established that you're not going to check your compression. So do this instead: Tale a child's balloon and slip the balloon opening over the dipstick tube, tie the un-inflated balloon with a rubber band. Now start your engine, go to the engine bay and race the engine .......... if the balloon inflates then you have crankcase pressure. Ouch! broken ring or some such big worry. If the balloon doesn't inflate, calculate how long its going to take to use a quart of oil if you just ignore this tiny drip. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:06:07 EDT Roger Reynolds <Rogerspace2@AOL.COM> writes: > I have cleaned the engine and inspected a few times now and am pretty > sure > that the oil is comming from the end of the dip stick tube. I can > see a drop ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
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